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SpeakOUT from Mayor Michael Hancock: Liberty and justice for all
It’s impossible to miss the winds of change sweeping across America and Colorado in recent days. From the White House to our Statehouse, the clarion call to extend basic civil rights to same-sex couples has never [...]
Civil union bill heads to the House:
The time has come for you to stand up
for your rights
There's always hope. And this time hope's name is Rep. Brian DelGrosso of Loveland. DelGrosso, unlike other Republicans on the committee, has vocalized the possibility his 'nay' can become an 'yea.' [...]
Colorado civil union bill moves one step closer to House showdown
The Colorado Senate today gave its first of two OKs to a bill to establish civil unions. The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Pat Steadman, is expected to pass through the Senate tomorrow to the House [...]
You don’t deserve marriage unless you fight for it
When we last met, we were discussing GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum’s Colorado surge. Tens of thousands of Coloradans came to support his anti-Obama/anti-gay platform. Now we’ve learned from a Senate Judiciary Committee member that 30,000 [...]
All eyes on the House, civil unions at Colorado LGBT Lobby Day
Vicki Thompson tapped her foot while she peered through the lobby window into the Colorado House chamber. Her eyes, like lasers, focused on her state representative, Brian DelGrosso. The Loveland woman, partnered with another woman for 18 [...]
OFC Exclusive: Wanda Sykes on LGBT rights, race, and Madonna’s half-time show
Wanda Sykes has become an icon for LGBT rights. Since coming out in 2008 when she married her partner, Sykes has stumped for equality, leading to high-profile recognition from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation [...]
Civil unions follow a familiar path, but supporters note changing circumstances
A bill for civil unions passed its first 2012 test in a Colorado Senate committee Feb. 15 by 5-2 vote – identical to the support a similar bill received on that committee last year before it [...]
Twists and turns aplenty as Colorado
legislature wrestles with civil unions
When the Colorado Civil Union Act of 2012 is introduced on the first day the General Assembly convenes, it will start a journey for the LGBT community – and for politicos, alike – that no one [...]
Gay marriage in Nigeria could net three years in jail
LAGOS, Nigeria — When a gang of men ambushed Rashidi Williams and a male friend earlier this year, the 25-year-old gay Nigerian was too afraid to report the attack to police or even to his family. [...]
Colorado teen to drop marriage ballot initiative
A Colorado teenager decided today to drop his 2012 state ballot initiative to change the definition of marriage here. Mark Olmstead, a sophomore at Seattle University, told Out Front Colorado he decided to withdraw his initiative after not [...]
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Openly gay donor withdraws support from Romney campaign
This made my day!
Openly gay donor withdraws support from Romney campaign
You'd hope that ALL gay Republicans (as oximoronic as that sounds) wou
Gay prosecutor rejected by Virgina House of Delegates for judgeship
Horrible!!!!
SpeakOUT from Mayor Michael Hancock: Liberty and justice for all
Mayor Hancock just criminilized HOMELESSNESS. Apparently not liberty